{"id":67473,"date":"2021-06-22T17:07:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T17:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=67473"},"modified":"2021-06-22T17:07:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T17:07:04","slug":"former-boxing-champ-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/former-boxing-champ-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Former boxing champ passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; color: #800000;\">Former boxing champ passes away<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67474 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/H.-M.-Tikiri-Bandara-e1624381487641.jpg\" alt=\"H. M. Tikiri Bandara\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800000;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.lk\/2021\/06\/22\/sports\/252194\/former-boxing-champ-passes-away\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dailynews<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Former Sri Lanka boxing champion and retired Inspector of Police H. M. Tikiri Bandara, passed away at the age of 84 and his funeral took place at the Mahaiyawa Cemetery in Kandy last week<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Bandara studied at Udunuwara Central College and was the best Scientific Boxer on several occasions, showing his abilities in the boxing ring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Bandara is the father of Aunuruddha (former national hockey coach), Chandana and Sudharma who were talented hockey players at national level. (D.R)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former boxing champ passes away Source:Dailynews Former Sri Lanka boxing champion and retired Inspector of Police H. M. 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